Author to visit Barnes & Noble

Friday

Mar 28, 2008 at 12:01 AMMar 28, 2008 at 9:10 PM

Wendy Walker, author of the book “Four Wives,” will be attending a book signing at Barnes & Noble Saturday. Walker was born in Utica before moving to Connecticut as a young girl and still makes frequent visits here.

LARISSA O. PADDEN

Wendy Walker, author of the book “Four Wives,” will be attending a book signing at Barnes & Noble Saturday.

Walker lives in Connecticut with her family, but she is no stranger to the Utica area.

IF YOU GO
What: Author Wendy Walker, a Utica native, is coming to Barnes & Noble to sign copies of her book, “Four Wives.”

When: 7 p.m. Saturday.

Location: Barnes & Noble, 4811 Commercial Drive, New Hartford.

Contact the Author: www.wendywalkerbooks.com
“First-time authors, when they do a book tour, they go to where they have ties in the community,” Walker said.

Walker, who was born in Utica before moving to Connecticut as a young girl, still makes frequent visits here.

“I have deep family ties to Utica,” Walker said. “I still have family in the area. My aunt and uncle raised their family in New Hartford, and my grandmother, who is now 92, still lives in Utica.”

Before choosing to become a stay-at-home mom, Walker worked as an investment banker and lawyer in New York City.

“When I quit, I did it to stay at home with my kids, and I was fortunate and happy to be able to,” Walker said. “But about a year after, I was longing for something intelligent and career oriented.”

But Walker didn’t necessarily want to go back to work.

“I was constantly reorganizing the kitchen and making organic baby food,” Walker said. “But there are no raises or promotions in something like that. So I started writing in my free time. It’s something stimulating and goal oriented.”

Even during her days in the office, Walker thought like a writer.

“I was always thinking of real life in terms of plots,” Walker said. “I would be in a meeting and something would happen, and I would say to myself ‘that could be a story.’”

And “Four Wives” was no exception. The story is based on the lives of four different women trying to reconcile their lives in the suburbs with their former selves.

“I think the issues that are raised will resonate with women who have to make decisions about marriage and raising a family,” Walker said.